A prayer for Bibi

This month, Haim Watzman offers a Necessary Story about words and devotion and rules and strangers

How long, my Lord?

Haim Watzman offers a prophetic Necessary Story. Except that the prophet is a cat

In his new Necessary Story, Haim Watzman ponders father-son relations while channeling Neil Young and Israel’s second-best writer of short fiction

Turning the pages

My kids don’t listen to me, my life’s total chaos, who will I vote for, and what is this music? A pre-election Necessary Story

Meeting on a rock

In this month's Necessary Story, two estranged friends discover that they betrayed each other one night decades ago

Saul at Ein Dor

Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story observes an IDF officer in crisis

Mo’ed bet

Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story examines issues of sex, power, and second chances -- real and imagined

Words of love

Updating an old tale for the WhatsApp era, Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story ponders the intricacies of language, love, and betrayal

Black hole

Haim Watzman remembers his younger son, Niot z”l, who died in a diving accident during Pessah eight years ago

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